Romantic and charming Provence, originally from France, is one of the most delicate country styles. It’s just a paradise for the finely sensitive natures. Using pastel colors, elegant fabrics, exquisite wooden furniture, floral prints, vintage accessories and porcelain knick-knacks in the interior of your bedroom, you can recreate the atmosphere of southern France, making this room the embodiment of your dreams.
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The main distinguishing features of the style
Considered the embodiment of beauty and convenience, the Provence style has its own characteristic requirements:
1. Vibrant colors and eye-catching contrasts are ruled out.
2. The main element of the bedroom is a comfortable and large double bed.
3. An indispensable attribute of the Provencal bedroom is bedside tables, which simultaneously play the role of both functional and decorative elements.
4. All furniture should be elegant.
5. The interior of the bedroom welcomes the presence of a large number of cute trinkets. As a rule, these are porcelain or wrought iron products. And, of course, flowers ...
6. The walls of the bedroom are decorated with wallpaper with an elegant pattern.
The combination of floral patterns and green shades.
Typical of Provence "cell" and on wallpaper and textile products.
The main thing for a bedroom in the Provence style is fresh and bright colors. There should be a lot of sunny color (as well as light) here. And nothing ascetic or, conversely, overly luxurious - only warmth and comfort.
Bedroom in blue tones.
Watercolor or pastel ... Choose a color
The atmosphere of simplicity and charm of the Provencal style is formed primarily with the help of its characteristic pure pastel shades. The whole color palette seemed to be copied from the French landscape - olive trees and lavender, the azure sea and blue sky, golden sand.
Provencal bedroom in coffee shades.
Do not be afraid to combine different soft and warm shades, but remember that sharp contrasts are not welcome here. Choose watercolor tones that will be combined with each other in the interior, like paints on canvas.
Lavender in the olive bedroom.
The main colors and shades used in decorating a bedroom in Provence style:
- various shades of white - it can be cold snow-white, but more often it is warmer pale yellow, cream and ivory;
- light blue and aquamarine;
- light green and pale lemon;
- terracotta and ocher;
- purple;
- powdery pink;
- beige and the color of coffee with milk;
- pastel gray.
Furniture and decor items playing the role of color accents.
Tip: A good option would be to bring color accents to the snow-white room, the role of which is played by furniture and various accessories. But there is an alternative: rich decoration of walls and furniture, and then the addition of white.
The most characteristic of Provence are warm colors.
Walls, floors, ceilings ...
In Provence, as, indeed, in any other country style, preference is given to natural finishing materials. For example, parquet from bleached oak or its high-quality imitation in the form of a laminate flooring will be appropriate for the floor.
The floor in this bedroom is made of natural wood.
A small carpet can be laid on the floor. It is necessary to create comfort, but at the same time it should not attract too much attention, because the main violin in this stylish sonata still belongs to the walls and textiles.
A bed under a cozy canopy.
The walls in the Provence bedrooms do not smooth. To give them texture, as a rule, use decorative plaster (or plain but intentionally carelessly applied) or textured wallpaper with floral patterns. A suitable complement here will be pictures of pastoral themes.
The walls in this bedroom are finished with white painted wooden boards.
So, the main rules that you need to know for those who begin to choose materials for the decoration of walls, floors and ceilings in the bedroom, designed in the Provencal style:
Ceiling. Wooden or plastered, always white. Large wooden beams made of dark or light wood. Ceiling lighting is performed without unnecessary shine and chic, because these massive wooden beams serve as the main decoration of the ceiling.
Walls. To create a more accurate image when decorating the walls, gypsum plaster is used, as well as wall coverings, stylized as brick or masonry. They are painted in cold shades of white or pastel colors to give the room elegance and bring them closer to the look of old French rural houses or castles.
Flooring. As a flooring in houses decorated in the Provence style, they use ceramic terracotta tiles, which are easy to clean and perfectly maintain coolness on a hot summer day. Ideal floors are made of rough or polished stone.
Wooden ceiling with massive beams in the attic bedroom.
Pastel gray shades in the interior of the bedroom in the style of Provence.
It will not be superfluous to think about whether the style of the bedroom will correspond to the general theme of the house, or whether it will become a kind of artistic “island” created to relax not only the body but also the soul.
Window
The most important thing in creating a Provence style is to fill the room with a stream of light. This will visually expand the space. Natural light, especially in the mornings, easily penetrates the room through the “filter” of window frames and thin translucent curtains with a lace pattern. The intensity of sunlight can be adjusted using curtains, wooden blinds or shutters.
The light in the room should be not just a lot, but a lot.
Wooden shutters, which can be located on the inside of the window, will create comfort in the room on a hot day.
Furniture for royal apartments
The main attribute of a bedroom in the style of French Provence is the bed. Her shape should be quite simple, but at the same time, a carved ornament on a wooden headboard will not be out of place here. Often in Provencal bedrooms you can see beds with patterned wrought-iron headboards. And the main decoration of this piece of furniture will be textiles - a small canopy, boudoir pillows in embroidered pillowcases, bedding with floral motifs and lace inserts for even more airiness.
The print on the wallpaper repeats the pattern of the curtains.
Another indispensable attribute of a bedroom is a bedside table. On it is a nightlight and many "necessary" trinkets. In general, the amount of furniture in a bedroom depends on its size, but each element should look like a thing with a story. It can be a sideboard with bent legs for storing the most spectacular gizmos, a grandmother's chest (instead of a regular chest of drawers), a wicker rocking chair.
Furniture in the interior of the bedroom in the style of provence.
Floral motifs and green shades are a great combination for a Provence style bedroom design.
The main advantage of Provence style furniture is the texture of natural wood with its characteristic pattern and calm shades. Impressive facade surfaces are created using modern technologies of artificial aging - applying patina and craquelure, special creation of scratches and chips. All the splendor of this vintage is always covered with wax or paint to make the surface matte.
Stylish furniture in a stylish bedroom.
Provence-style furniture aesthetics are ensured by carved, delicately curved and wicker elements. But at the same time there is nothing deliberately luxurious, delicately openwork, possessing perfect proportions. Approved metal elements that have faded from time to time, covered with a layer of patina or "antique" gold.
The gracefully curved legs of the bedside table.
A huge role in creating a romantic atmosphere is played by furniture upholstery. Furniture and decorative fabric, muslin or chintz decorated with stripes, vignettes, floral patterns form this space filled with elegance. With a similar finish, even a modern furniture set can be turned into a spectacular Provence.
Dressers and wardrobes and with many drawers.
Textiles - soft immersion in provence
Textiles in Provencal bedrooms abound in floral patterns, giving the impression that the garden, which was outside a window a moment ago, has moved into your room. Bedding sets in this style are impeccable floral motifs, lace, ruffles and ruffles.
Floral motifs in various shades.
Curtains should be long, made from traditional floral fabrics. Coarse linen or calico curtains are ideal. You can take a plain fabric and decorate it with braid or hand embroidery or buy a finished fabric with a floral pattern. You can also choose Provencal fabric in a cage or strip, but these are rarely used to make curtains in the bedroom, this is the exception rather than the rule.
Imitation of a canopy over a bed.
Particular attention is paid to the lightness of the curtains and the abundance of frills on them. And do not forget about lace and decorative ribbons! The main thing is decor, and the fabric itself should be as simple as possible - even the use of burlap with a rough texture is allowed. And the cornices are best to choose as simple as possible, made of wrought iron or wood.
Textiles in the Provencal interior.
In the Provence style, bedspreads made using the patchwork technique (only fabrics should be soft) or canvases decorated with hand embroidery with floral motifs look great. Handicrafts fit well into the interior - embroidered or knitted wraps, napkins, tablecloths, colorful homespun rugs.
Accessories & Jewelry
The Provencal bedroom is unthinkable without accessories and decorative elements - you rarely see an empty wall or furniture surface here. What is appropriate in the style of romantic France? It can be:
- caskets and boxes (for example, made using decoupage technique with craquelure);
- paintings depicting pastoral landscapes;
- tapestry paintings with embroidery depicting pastoral scenes;
- mirrors in openwork forged or wooden frames;
- decorative porcelain or forged figurines (often animal figures) placed on wooden carved shelves;
- watches with floral motifs on the dial;
- old photographs in gilded frames;
- painted vases;
- porcelain painted plates in traditional blue and white colors;
- candlesticks stylized as ancient palace decorations;
- iron horseshoes;
- bird cages;
- books in old bindings;
- Vintage ornaments placed directly on the wall.
Elegant baubles and other decorative accessories.
Flowers will certainly refresh the interior of the room, even if they are artificial.
A Provence-style bedroom is unthinkable without lovely trinkets.
Mandatory accessory bedroom in the spirit of the French provinces - flowers. They can be everywhere - on curtains and wallpaper in the form of prints, bouquets in vases, roses blooming in tubs, panels, garlands, wreaths and other compositions of artificial flowers.
Golden yellow bedroom.
There should be a lot of accessories, different in color and shape (but acceptable within the framework of this style), because they give the room individuality and originality, make it warmer and more comfortable. Provencal bedroom will benefit from the abundance of such decorative elements.However, the rules of harmonious combination have not been canceled, especially when it comes to a small room.
Decorative panel over the bed.
But do not turn your bedroom into an antique warehouse. The necessary atmosphere can also be created with a minimum of things - correctly selected curtains, mirrors in an elegant forged frame, lamps with fabric lampshade.
The right choice of accessories is already half the battle in creating a Provencal atmosphere.
Curtains, pillows, blankets, beautiful linens, the color of which matches the palette of Provencal style, will help to achieve the desired effect.
A special place in the interior of the bedroom is given to mirrors. It is great if they are framed in antique frames.
Pictures of landscapes and still lifes, family photographs within the framework will complete the created composition and create an atmosphere of light coquetry, inherent in the Provence style.
The most common decorative elements in Provencal bedrooms are ceramic vases with bouquets of dried or fresh flowers.
Quite a bit of effort on your part, and now your bedroom has turned into a paradise, full of sun, warmth and comfort. She will always remain a romantic island of peace, harmony and unity with nature, even if your house is located in the middle of a big and noisy city.
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